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gonzo
10-16-2003, 05:18 AM
Hi,

I've been thinking of upgrading to palm reader pro, which comes with a free dictionary. that got me thinking that my last dictionary (real book) was bought when I was 13 years old....and an electronic one would be pretty cool.
I'm from the uk, so I'm looking for one in the queens english :wink:

Any thoughts or considerations?

As a bi-conversation, anyone whos upgraded to palm reader pro, is it worth it, and did you buy the agfa fonts...are they really better?
davidspalding
10-16-2003, 06:39 PM
I use the Oxford Press Pocket Dictionary, Thesaurus, adn a few of their specialized dictionaries, all with Mobipocket(.com)'s Reader, and couldn't be happier. Of course, I'd like to have an American one, and they sell a $10 Websters (which seems "lite") and a ~$50 Websters, which I'd love ... if I had the disposable money.

The demos of the Oxford titles are great. You get a complete copy of hte reference ... for only 1 letter (e.g., "L"). No one else had such a convincing demo.
famousdavis
10-17-2003, 12:37 AM
I like Laridian's Lexionary. It's rather amusing to see how different words are associated with one another. The current release (2.0) has at least one feature though that I wish it had -- tap-n-hold that would let me copy/paste into the word lookup field. Instead, you have to use the menu bar to copy.
JustinGTP
10-17-2003, 12:57 AM
I have a dictionary by MS for the MS Reader, quite nice, and its free! :D
famousdavis
10-17-2003, 02:32 AM
I have a dictionary by MS for the MS Reader, quite nice, and its free! :D

That is a handy dictionary to use with MS Reader -- I have it installed, too -- but there are plenty of words I've come across that aren't defined in Microsoft's dictionary, but are defined in Lexionary.
davidspalding
10-17-2003, 02:35 AM
I have a dictionary by MS for the MS Reader, quite nice, and its free! :D

Oh, the Pocket Encarta Dictionary. I've tried searching it directly (not contextual lookup from other ebooks), and it took forever. Once, I forgot the word I was looking up, it took so long. Zzzzzzz.

Stick with dictionaries which sport lookup indices instead. ;)
JustinGTP
10-17-2003, 02:48 AM
Im not concerned about that because a. it was free and b. I dont think i need one that badly anyway, my vocabulary is that good :wink:

It does have searching and its fast on my ppc